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Sebelius Exits, but Health-Care War Endures

HHS Secretary's Departure Won't Do Much to Close Bitter Partisan Divide Over Health Law

Departing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius's time in the Obama cabinet started well but turned tumultuous after the rollout of the administration's signature health law was hit with a wave of problems.

The resignation of Kathleen Sebelius signals the departure of the official who, fairly or not, had become the face of the deep and bitter partisan divide over Obamacare. But the Health and Human Services secretary's departure won't do much to close that divide.

Instead, the Affordable Care Act now is entrenched as the most deeply divisive social program in recent memory, and it figures to stay that way through the November election...